Does anybody know of important world dates between the years 1996-2007?

Question

I have to do a timeline on world history for school.

Answer 1

US invades Iraq (again)
Korean Nuclear Testing
9/11
Olympics
Israel/Palenstine Conflict
etc, etc, etc

Answer 2

The most important event in that time period (so far) is 9/11/2001.

Answer 3

Hiya here you go.

1996
* 06/01/1996 - Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people. Winning numbers were (2-3-4-13-42-44).
* 08/01/1996 - Blizzard buries eastern US causing at least 50 deaths.
* 10/01/1996 - Israel frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
* 25/03/1996 - Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) approaches within 0.1018 AUs of Earth.

1997
* 09/02/1997 - Fox cartoon series "Simpsons" airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history.
* 23/02/1997 - Scientists in Scotland announced they succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly".
* 28/02/1997 - Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45.
* 14/03/1997 - Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80.

1998
* 25/01/1998 - Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) and soccer David Beckham gets engaged.
* 29/01/1998 - Thick Fog causes highway carnage in Belgium and Netherlands, 16 die.
* 27/02/1998 - FBI arrests 10 most wanted suspected serial killer Tony Ray Amati.
* 23/02/1998 - Tornadoes in Florida kills at least 31.

1999
* 11/11/1999 - Last upside down date until January 1, 6000.
* 11/08/1999 - Total solar eclipse in India-North -France (2m23s).
* 06/01/1999 - French Jazz piano virtuoso Michel Petrucciani dies in New York following a brief respiratory illness at age 36.

2000
* 22/12/2000 - Pop singer Madonna and film director Guy Ritchie marry in Scotland.

2001
* 13/01/2001 - Earthquake measuring magnitude 7.6 strikes El Salvador, killing more than 840 people.
* 11/09/2001 - Terrorists hijack two passenger planes crashing them into New York's World Trade Towers causing the collapse of both and death of 2,752 people.
* 11/09/2001 - Terrorists hijack a passenger plane and crash it into the Pentagon causing the death of 125 people.
* 11/09/2001 - Attempt by passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 to retake control of their hijacked plane from terrorists causes plane to crash in Pennsylvania field killing all 64 people onboard.

2002
* 12/10/2002 - Terrorists explode two bombs in Bali's nightclub district killing 202 and injuring 209 mostly foreign tourists.
* 27/06/2002 - John Entwistle, bass-player with The Who dies in his sleep of a heart attack in his Las Vegas hotel room aged 57.

2003
* 15/02/2003 - An estimated eleven million people around the world take to the streets to protest against the looming war with Iraq.
* 09/04/2003 - Baghdad falls to U.S. forces resulting in widespread looting.
* 14/02/2003 - Dolly the sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell dies young form a progressive lung disease aged 6.

2004
* 11/03/2004 - Terrorists explode simultaneous bombs on Madrid's rail network ripping through a commuter train and rocking three stations, killing 190.
* 09/11/2004 - Video game Halo 2 a first person shooter first released on Xbox by Bungie Studios.
* 08/12/2004 - Dimebag Dayrl, heavy metal guitarist in band Pantera is shot and killed while performing onstage in Columbus Ohio by crazed fan Nathan Gale.
* Parts of the Maldives suffered severe damage by the tsunami.
2005
* 07/07/2005 - Coordinated terrorist bomb blasts strike London's public transport system during the morning rush hour killing 52 and injuring 700.
* 23/08/2005 - Hurricane Katrina forms over the Bahamas, later becomes a category 5 hurricane.
* 25/11/2005 - George Best, former footballer dies at age 59 after suffering multiple organ failures (Manchester United, Northern Ireland).

2006
* 25/12/2006 - James Brown, rhythm and blues, gospel, jazz, soul and funk singer or simply the Godfather of Soul (Genius of Love, Hot Pants) dies at 73 from heart failure.

Answer 4

You probably do.